Earthy
['ɜːθɪ] or ['ɝθi]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) hearty and lusty; 'an earthy enjoyment of life' .
(adj.) not far removed from or suggestive of nature; 'the earthy taste of warm milk fresh from the cow'; 'earthy smells of new-mown grass' .
(adj.) of or consisting of or resembling earth; 'it had an earthy smell'; 'only a little earthy bank separates me from the edge of the ocean' .
整理:肯尼思--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) Consisting of, or resembling, earth; terrene; earthlike; as, earthy matter.
(a.) Of or pertaining to the earth or to, this world; earthly; terrestrial; carnal.
(a.) Gross; low; unrefined.
(a.) Without luster, or dull and roughish to the touch; as, an earthy fracture.
巴拉克編輯
同義詞及近義詞：
a. [1]. Terrene, composed of earth.[2]. Earthly, terrestrial.[3]. Gross, coarse, unrefined.
伊丽莎白手打
例句/造句/用法:
- The principle on which Lithography depends is the different chemical affinities of water for oily and for earthy substances, which cause it to run off from the one and adhere to the other. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- The leaves fell about me from the groaning branches, and the earthy decay in the atmosphere chilled me to the bones. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- The doll's dressmaker had become a little quaint shrew; of the world, worldly; of the earth, earthy. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- So she sat, corpse-like, as we played at cards; the frillings and trimmings on her bridal dress, looking like earthy paper. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- The silica, which is the principal ingredient of sand, as well as of nearly all the earthy minerals, is known as rock crystal in its naturally crystallized form. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- The mechanical processes designed to separate the ore from its enclosing rock or other superfluous earthy matter called _gangue_ became known as _ore dressing_ and _ore concentrating_. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- Granite abounds in crystallized earthy materials, and these occur for the most part in veins traversing the mass of the rock. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- The earthy smell of the dried leaves was balm to my sense after the hateful odour of sea-weed. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
整理:梅纳德